Wrong Fuel in Car Strixton, Northamptonshire

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Petrol in your diesel car in Strixton? You have arrived at the right place. We aim to assist you in this emergency and get you running once more with our dedicated fuel drain service.

A man stopped on a road in Strixton had to have a fuel drain roughly a few weeks back. His khaki green Audi S8 was stuck on the road after he had put in the wrong fuel. He was relaxed when he contacted us but slightly concerned to move his car away from the road since he was causing considerable traffic. We got to him in 15 minutes because our technician was in nearby Strixton and had just completed his previous job. He said, "I simply can't believe I put petrol in my diesel car and stopped here! My car was chugging I simply needed to stop and subsequently it just died."

Every day in Strixton you will find motorists just like yourself who have filled the wrong type of fuel in their vehicle. In case you're looking for a quick and trusted fuel drain technician to assist you, well then look no further. Our team of SPA qualified mechanics are on hand 24/7 to assist you at the side of the road with the right gear to do a fuel drain on your car fast.

The 3 things you NEED to know about fuel contamination!


Waste Fuel Disposal

Have a fuel container placed in the back of your garden full of out of date, unusable or contaminated fuel? We are able to assist you to dispose of it. We have been called out to many private and commercial properties in Northamptonshire to deal with removing and recycling fuel storages. We are covered by the Environment Agency to enable us to remove and recycle waste fuel safely and legally.

Whether the fuel storage is an underground reservoir, a mobile bowser, or possibly even a few containers in a shed, provided that we can access it, we are able to empty it.

Water Contamination or AdBlue Contamination

Fuel contaminated with water, irrespective of whether it's unleaded petrol or diesel, is definitely a serious matter to address in a vehicle - specifically in modern-day common-rail engines.

Water or AdBlue in your fuel can trigger idling difficulties, irregular running, increased smoke and, if it's not remedied fully, oftentimes ruined injectors. Water in petrol is quicker to get rid of than water in diesel - primarily because diesel is an oil. Nevertheless we are able to take care of both cases pretty expediently.

Be aware though that so long as the vehicle was started with the water contamination it will more than likely need a new fuel filter to be fitted seeing that the old one will be thoroughly water-logged and useless.


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Ahhh, that was a great night of sleep! 7:00 am on a bright Tuesday and we were off to assist an elder lovely lady who had put petrol in her diesel deep grey Fiat 500 in Strixton. She informed us that she drove away from the petrol station forecourt and was stranded along a country road along the way to pay a visit to her godchildren. I got the location plugged straight into the TomTom and was with her within an hour. I reached the location and extracted the contaminated fuel from the vehicle. Whilst I was doing it she explained, "I am becoming somewhat forgetful in my senior years and forgot about the car needing diesel seeing that I'd only acquired it a short while back when my other car, which I'd used for about thirty years, inevitably stopped working". I got the drain done and she presented me a Murray mint and thanked me for my hard work. What a lovely Northamptonshire lady!

No matter whether you happen to be in a brand spanking new vehicle or an old design, we have the hardware as well as know-how to correct the issue right there. We clear away all the incorrect fuel, address any problems brought on by the misfueling, and get you running.

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A man called us from Strixton to say he pumped petrol in his diesel light blue Kia Sorento. "I can't believe it! I can't believe I put petrol in my diesel car!" It only took our technician roughly fifty minutes to completely drain the incorrect fuel from the car. He thoroughly flushed the fuel system and then put clean diesel in the car. The customer was delighted and it hadn't cost him dealership prices to get the task properly completed.

All of our engineers are qualified on the latest cars and their fuel systems. We participate in over 5 thousand contaminated fuel removals every year in the United Kingdom (sure, there are that many customers who do the same thing - you are definitely not by yourself). Our lines are open twenty four hours a day and seven days a week. Our engineers are on duty whenever you require them.

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Now I am not so inclined to working weekends, and a week ago was the same. I had only just come away from the wife and kids filled with a wonderful dinner made for me by the wife, and I was off to help a guy after he filled the wrong petrol in his new-shape Honda Ridgeline. He was only in Strixton thus it wouldn't be long before I got to him. As I drove up at the rear of the car and got out he said to me "Praise the Almighty! I incredibly had my attention on stuff and failed to realise I've put diesel in my petrol car. I need to know if I inflicted any damage by starting it?" I revealed there probably should not be problems and also I'd personally drain the wrong fuel as quickly as possible. As expected I got the fuel drained from the car and filled it with some correct fuel, and another pleased motorist was able to continue on his traveling without the difficulty. The man could hardly stop saying thanks to me, and that is actually what helps make operating on Sundays in Northamptonshire just a little bit less painful in my opinion!

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This was most definitely what is called an unsociable time to be on the road. It was about dawn and almost noone was around. It was quite uneventful until now, and me and Ryan were loafing about browsing a number of old papers. This was an unusual tranquil moment in Northamptonshire. It was indeed that calm that the instant the phone finally rang it made me start! The customer told me: "I have just finished my evening shift and incredibly filled petrol in the metallic yellow Mitsubishi Pajero by mistake". I told him to tell us where exactly the car was situated and we set off, arriving in Strixton less than half an hour later. The wrong fuel was taken out from the car. He thanked us for showing up so rapidly. While we were going back to the office we saw two women at the side of the road who seemed like they suffered a flat tyre. Obviously we pulled up and helped them change it, to their elation.

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Familiar Misfueling Warning signs:

Following is a list of likely wrong fuel signs and symptoms:

  • Losing vehicle power
  • Vehicle cutting out, stuttering and / or hiccuping
  • Difficulties starting the car
  • Excessive smoking

How to find out if I put the wrong fuel in my car?

If you’ve just filled up at a petrol station and the cars starts to act a bit strange you might start to wonder if you accidentally put the wrong fuel in it.

Well, there are a few things to can check that will be able to tell you:

  1. How is the car responding? There are some very common misfuel symptoms which can be a good indicator of wrong fuel:
    • Loss of engine power – can feel like the car has run out of fuel
    • A lot of smoke (more than usual)
    • Engine coughing or starting to splutter
    • Won’t start – or keeps stalling.
  2. Look at your fuel receipt. It will state clearly if you filled up with diesel or unleaded. If you don’t have the receipt, you can often return to the petrol station where you filled up and give them the date and time (and pump) where you refueled and they will often be able to give you a VAT receipt.
  3. Smell it. Diesel and petrol have very distinctly different smells. Anyone familiar with the motor industry should be able to help you with this. Or you could even get another car to park alongside and smell the fuel caps of both, comparing them to determine what the fuel type is.
  4. Call us to come out and assess the car. In the majority of cases we will be able to tell if the car has been misfueled before beginning work on it. If we discover that the vehicle does not need a fuel drain, you will only be charged a call-out fee.

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Wrong Fuel London is fully qualified and trained to perform all types of wrong fuel drains with regard to the removal of contaminated fuel. To learn about precisely how we can assist get you going again simply call us.


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